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VILLANFRAY POMMERY

103 - [Medicine]. A collection of 7 works in 7 volumes from the 18…
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[Medicine]. A collection of 7 works in 7 volumes from the 18th to the 20th centuries: - [QUESNAY (François)]. History of the Origin and Progress of Surgery in France. Paris: Brocas, 1749. Quarto, pale marbled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, tan title label, gilt fleurons, double blind-stamped border on the covers, red edges (rubbed; rare foxing). 4 portrait plates of Lanfranc, Jean Pitard, Guillaume Vavasseur and Ambroise Paré, engraved by Ravenet after Humblot. Includes supporting documents, statutes, letters patent and registers of the surgeons of Paris from 1315 to 1729, and the numbering error found in the original 1944 edition. Handwritten bookplate of Hatté, Doct[or] of Medicine, Monsp. (for Montpellier?), on the front. Bookplate stamp of the Necker Hospital Library, ‘Medical Interns’, repeated notably on the reverse of the plates; - CHOMEL (Jean-Baptiste-Louis). Historical Dissertation on the Type of Gangrenous Sore Throat that Prevaled amongst Children Last Year. Paris: Desprez, Cavelier, 1749. Two parts in 1 vol. in-12, mottled tan sheepskin, spine with 5 raised bands, cold-stamped border on the covers, red edges (rubbed; rare foxing); - Extract from the General Regulations on the Health Service concerning pupils in hospitals and hospices. Montevrain, Imp. Typ. Alembert, 1930. 12mo, paperback (as is). ; - FAURE. The Surgeon’s Soul. Paris, Crès, 1920. 12mo, paperback. Copy on Imperial Japan paper no. 14. Portrait frontispiece.; - A Small Portable Health Dictionary. Introduction by René Char. Paris, GlM, 1954. In-16, paperback, filled cover (spine incomplete, sun-faded). Copy on alfa no. 280. ; - DUPLAY (Simon). Techniques for the Principal Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Ears and Nasal Cavities. Paris, Asselin and Houzeau, 1889. 12mo, green half-shagreen (rubbed). ; - GUERMONPREZ (François). Medical Murder and Respect for Human Life. Paris, Rousset, 1904. In-12, half-havana sheepskin, spine with 4 raised bands (spine faded, binding scuffed; paper brittle, 1 page detached).
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